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Monday, February 14, 2011

2007 Upper Deck Phillies #15 Greg Dobbs

Finally! Phillies pitchers and catchers had their first official work out in Clearwater today and the long, fairly miserable winter of 2011 is close to being completely behind us. One of the things I like to do at the start of Spring Training is scour each team's 40-man rosters and non-roster invitees for former Phillies. I'm going to go around the league to see who ended up where, starting with the NL East and Central teams.

I'm limiting my search to former Phillies, and not former Phillies prospects, as that task could be a little too labor intensive.

NL CentralChicago Cubs40-Man Roster - Pitcher Carlos Silva (02-03) and outfielder Marlon Byrd (02-05)Staff - First base coach Bob Dernier (!) (80-83; 88-89) and third base coach Ivan DeJesus (82-84)
Each year when I perform this exercise, I'm always surprised to see where certain former Phillies have landed. I had no idea my all time favorite Phillie was named the Cubs' first base coach this offseason. Very, very cool.